"It is not our job to apply laws……" — John Paul Stevens
"It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written."
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John Paul Stevens
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20 Quotes by John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens has 20 quotes on this site.
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I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the…
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But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better…
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Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to…
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To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that…
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Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their…
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Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept…
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As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of…
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It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure…
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Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement…
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When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend…
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Our love cannot be measured, it just is.
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The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.
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More Apply Quotes
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
— Francis Bacon
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A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the…
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you…
— Julie Benz
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic…
— John Berger
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Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if…
— Ambrose Bierce
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There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.
— Josh Billings
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No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose…
— Cory Booker
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,…
— Kobe Bryant
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